Who is in the BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2023 final? Three couples vying for the Glitterball confirmed
11.12.2023 - 07:47
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Strictly Come Dancing's 2023 finalists have been confirmed after a sad final exit. It's been 12 weeks since 14 celebrities first appeared in the ballroom after signing up for this year's run of the BBC One dance contest.
And after plenty of epic routines, emotional moments, standing ovations, tears and boos (we're looking at you Craig!) the end of the competition is now in sight and it's Ellie Leach, Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier who will be battling out for the Strictly 2023 title and the Glitterball trophy in next Saturday's final (December 16).
It comes after Annabel Croft became the 10th celebrity eliminated from Strictly. The 57-year-old former tennis player lost out following a dance-off with EastEnders star Brazier, 20, and professional dancer Dianne Buswell.
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Annabel whose husband died earlier in the year, thanked her dance partner Johannes Radebe and told him he had given her “a reason to get out of bed”.
In the dance-off, Annabel and Johannes performed a Viennese waltz in the style of Slow Moving Millie’s cover of Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, by indie band The Smiths. Bobby and dancer Dianne performed their quickstep to Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Annabel while Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and head judge Shirley Ballas opted to save Bobby. Shirley said: "The semi-final 2023, I thought both couples were absolutely extraordinary, I felt that both couples lifted their performance, I thought there was technical qualities on both sides, improvements